Navico Axis replacement battery?

[John Kennett]

Does anyone know where I can get a replacement battery pack for a Navico Axis handheld VHF?

I've emailed Simrad, who bought Navico a while back; and found one place on-line www.yachtbits.com that have them (for £75 inc carriage!)

Any other suggestions?

Thanks
John

[codprawn]

probably your best bet is to open it up and change the cells - I most certainly would at that price!!!

[John Kennett]

I pulled it apart last night to check if that's an option. As expected it does use AA size cells, so it should be a fairly simple job.

On the other hand, do I want to find that my VHF fails when I most need it because of a dodgy bit of penny pinching soldering?

John

[Pete7]

Trip to the Boat show for Corporate Sponsorship of Ribnet by one of the radio manufacturers me thinks. Go on, go on, sell your soul

[Simon B]

JK,

Have a look at these 2;

Euro Batteries

Global Batteries

There are small companies who specialise in re-packing and are usually quite reasonable.

[John Kennett]

Euro seem to have a good range. If I did decide to rebuild the battery pack I could go up to a massive 3500 mAh!

John

[jwalker]

Originally Posted by John Kennett

I pulled it apart last night to check if that's an option. As expected it does use AA size cells, so it should be a fairly simple job.

On the other hand, do I want to find that my VHF fails when I most need it because of a dodgy bit of penny pinching soldering?

Just do it and stop fekkin about.




A nice chunky, hot soldering bit, tin both the battery end and the wee bits of cable you'll need to make up. Whap them together fast... don't linger and heat up the whole battery. Easy.

[codprawn]

I usually abrade the ends of the cells with a file or similar - makes tinning them easier - unless they are designed to be soldered.

[John Kennett]

Originally Posted by John Kennett

I've emailed Simrad, who bought Navico a while back; and found one place on-line www.yachtbits.com that have them (for £75 inc carriage!)

Actually, I was looking at the wrong one. The real price is £120!

Wonder if they're selling many!

John

[Jon Brooks]

Blimey John

You could get a new Icom IC-M1EuroV for less than that m8
And that's Lithium-ion

Regards